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RESOLUTION NO. 89- 34
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING BILLS SB 292 AND AB 357
PERTAINING TO LIMITED REGULATION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS
The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby resolve
as follows'
1. There has been an increase in concern about the easy availability
of assault weapons and the seemingly sharp, rise in their criminal
use.
2. Although there is a lack of meaningful statistics which makes it
difficult to cite precise numbers which demonstrates the danger of
semi-automatic assault weapons, these guns are undeniably appearing
with greater frequency and causing more harm on California's city
streets than ever before.
3. Assault weapons and their modern commercial imitators were
originally designed to kill the enemy in time of war and are
distinguished by a high rate of fire and a high capacity of fire,
appearing in their commercial form as rifles, pistols and shotguns.
4. Today's semi-automatic assault weapon sold over the counter in
California gun stores, whether illegally converted to fully
automatic with a simple crank to increase its rate of fire, is not
unlike the machine gun outlawed in the United States 50 years ago.
5. Senator Roberti and Assembly Member Roos have co-authored
legislatio~ known as SB 292 (Roberti) and AB 357 (Roos), which
address the evergrowing problem of assault rifles that are more
subject to criminal abuse without infringing upon other semi-
automatic firearms having legitimate sports' or recreational uses.
6. The concept of regulating assault weapons as proposed by Senator
Roberti and Assembly Member Roos is supported by the City of
Tustin.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Tustin, California, on the 6th day of March, 1989.
ATTEST'
Ursula E. Kennedy
Mayor
Ma'ry E. ~.~nn '
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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~ITY O.F TUSTIN )
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City
of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the
members of the City Council of the City of Tustin ~s five; that the above
and foregoing Resolution No. 89-3__4 was duly and regularly introduced, passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of
March, 1989, by the following vote-
AYES · COUNCILPERSONS- Kennedy~ Edgar, Hoesterey, Prescott
NOES · COUNCILPERSONS- Kelly
ABSTAINED' COUNCILPERSONS- None
ABSENT' COUNCILPERSONS' None
MARy E~ ~{~NN, k"
City of T~stin, California